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Yakuza Ladies
Yakuza Ladies

Yakuza Ladies

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While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her younger sister, marries a member of a rival band after being raped by him. The two sisters, united by blood ties but married to enemy yakuzas, will ultimately have to decide whose side they’re on.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

120 mins

Rating

5.6/10

Release Date

15 November 1986

Country

Japan

Cast

Shima Iwashita

Shima Iwashita

Tamaki Awazu

Rino Katase

Rino Katase

Makoto Ike

Akiko Kana

Akiko Kana

Yasuko Koito

Riki Takeuchi

Riki Takeuchi

Taichi Hanada

Koujiro Shimizu

Koujiro Shimizu

Hanji Kiyono

Shôko Ieda

Shôko Ieda

Kiyomi

Yasuko Naito

Yasuko Naito

Megumi

Junko Enjou

Junko Enjou

Akiko Kawase

Yasuko Haru

Yasuko Haru

Yukari

Yasuko Yagami

Yasuko Yagami

Hatsu

Meika Seri

Meika Seri

Kumi Hayasaki

Nao Asuka

Nao Asuka

Takie

Moeko Ezawa

Moeko Ezawa

Yukie

Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Toyama

Masataka Naruse

Masataka Naruse

Mansaku Fuwa

Mansaku Fuwa

Detective

Masaharu Arikawa

Masaharu Arikawa

Masataka Iwao

Masataka Iwao

Tatsuo Kakinuma

Koji Mizukami

Koji Mizukami

Ben Tsuyuki

Yoshihiro Igarashi

Yoshihiro Igarashi

Kinji Nakamura

Kinji Nakamura

Kojirō Kawanami

Kojirō Kawanami

Tamaki Miyagawa

Tamaki Miyagawa

Keizo Mimura

Keizo Mimura

Yoshihiro Kurita

Yoshihiro Kurita

Kenji Isomura

Kenji Isomura

Gorō Ōki

Gorō Ōki

Keiko Fujita

Keiko Fujita

Hiroyasu Ishii

Hiroyasu Ishii

Tsutomu Furukawa

Tsutomu Furukawa

Tappei Tokioka

Mitsuaki Toki

Mitsuaki Toki

Mineko Maruhira

Mineko Maruhira

Eri Saitou

Eri Saitou

Kumiko Itou

Kumiko Itou

Minako Ogawa

Minako Ogawa

Yuki Matsumiya

Yuki Matsumiya

Masao Shuto

Masao Shuto

Tankurô

Tankurô

Kenzô Katsuno

Kenzô Katsuno

Hidehiko Ishikura

Hidehiko Ishikura

Itta Tosa

Itta Tosa

Satoko Yamamura

Satoko Yamamura

Yôko Hoshi

Yôko Hoshi

Seizō Fukumoto

Seizō Fukumoto

Gentarō Mori

Gentarō Mori

Yoshiaki Yabe

Yoshiaki Yabe

Shunji Sasaki

Shunji Sasaki

Yasumori Hikita

Yasumori Hikita

Jiro Shirai

Jiro Shirai

Junichi Hosokawa

Junichi Hosokawa

Kenichi Ishida

Kenichi Ishida

Kuniomi Kitani

Kuniomi Kitani

Yûsuke Tsukasa

Yûsuke Tsukasa

Ryuji Komine

Ryuji Komine

Kayoko Tominaga

Kayoko Tominaga

Yasuo Naitô

Yasuo Naitô

Toshiyuki Kawabe

Toshiyuki Kawabe

Michihiro Kinoshita

Michihiro Kinoshita

Akio Kobune

Akio Kobune

Tadakatsu Fuji

Tadakatsu Fuji

Kotobuki Tokui

Kotobuki Tokui

Mitsuhiko Seike

Mitsuhiko Seike

Sanji Takei

Sanji Takei

Seijiro Fukunaka

Seijiro Fukunaka

Satoshi Okuma

Satoshi Okuma

Noriko Hanawa

Noriko Hanawa

Akio Kitamura

Akio Kitamura

Kazuko Matsuo

Kazuko Matsuo

Azusa Shibata

Takashi Shikauchi

Takashi Shikauchi

Takaaki Shinkai

Masao Komatsu

Masao Komatsu

Hajime Kawase

Shirō Ōsaka

Shirō Ōsaka

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Hitoshi Awazu

Mikio Narita

Mikio Narita

Akimasa Koiso

Natsuko Migiwa

Natsuko Migiwa

Hisako Ide

Murasaki Fujima

Murasaki Fujima

Kinue Domoto

Masanori Sera

Masanori Sera

Kiyoshi Sugita

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